Monday, August 08, 2011

OHIO: University Hospital's Air Care night landings suspended.

Air Care helicopters from University Hospital are not landing at accident sites at night while their night-vision imaging equipment is updated.

The Air Care vehicles are able to fly at night and can land at airports, hospital helipads and other approved landing sites, a UH spokeswoman said. The update does not affect flights during the day.

Area hospitals expect the situation with the helicopters' night vision goggles to be resolved within the next week or so, allowing Air Care copters to fly directly to sites again.

The spokeswoman, Diana Lara, said the Federal Aviation Administration had mandated that 64 aircraft around the country update their equipment before landing at non-approved sites.

More than half of Air Care flights are between hospitals. Operated by University Hospital, the flights often transport patients from suffering a traumatic injury to the region's only top-level trauma center at the Corryville hospital.

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